Wigtown Book Fest offers new sensations

Wigtown Book Fest offers new sensations

This year’s prestigious Wigtown Book Festival goes online, like so many festivals in this covid compliant year.  And to avoid the full feeling of “digital disconnect” and to give a stronger feeling of attending a book event, fans were offered the chance to buy...
Springing up online

Springing up online

Open art studios festival Spring Fling threw open its’ virtual doors in a delayed launch this Autumn. The festival, which usually welcomes visitors to artists workplaces across Dumfries & Galloway on Spring bank holiday weekend, unveiled a wide variety of visual...
Launching Creative Spaces

Launching Creative Spaces

“Skyboat”, a boat sculpture, is launched by artists Charlie Poulsen at arts and crafts centre Marchmont House.  And at the same time a £1 million series of artists workshops is unveiled in the former stables block at the estate in the Scottish Borders. The heart of...
Documenting Opera In Covid Compliant Times

Documenting Opera In Covid Compliant Times

Documenting Opera In Covid Compliant Times:

The virtual curtain went up on Scottish Opera’s recorded “Opera Highlights”, which usually tours smaller theatres, community centres and village halls across Scotland.

Malawi’s Climate Challenge

Malawi’s Climate Challenge

A selection of pictures from the first trip this year to the south of the country with team Sciaf and (Ireland based charity) Trocaire in April.

Women celebrating arrival of a 'solar kiosk' centre in their isolated village in Machinga district, Malawi - part of the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Programme Malawi [CCPM] project

 

For the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Programme Malawi [CCPM] project.

 

Targeting Child Trafficking in India (Part 3)

Targeting Child Trafficking in India (Part 3)

Child in Chandidhan, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the border with Nepal

 

On the front line of human trafficking: this is Chandidhan, Uttar Pradesh, India, and right on the border with Nepal.

Recent work with the Sciaf charity, who are helping the authorities and local communities prevent this nasty trade in human suffering.